Jensen Huang | |
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黃仁勳 | |
Born |
Tainan, Taiwan | February 17, 1963
Education |
Oregon State University (
BS) Stanford University ( MS) |
Occupations |
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Title | Co-founder, president and CEO, Nvidia Corporation |
Spouse | Lori Huang |
Children | 2 [1] |
Relatives | Lisa Su (cousin) |
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Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang ( Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963 [2]) is an American businessman, electrical engineer, and the co-founder, president and CEO of Nvidia. [3] In March 2024, Forbes estimated Huang's net worth at $81.7 billion, making him the 17th richest person in the world. [4]
Jen-Hsun Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, on 17 February 1963. His family moved to Thailand when he was five; when he was nine, he and his brother were sent to the United States to live with an uncle in Tacoma, Washington. When he was ten, he lived in the boys' dormitory with his brother at Oneida Baptist Institute while attending Oneida Elementary school in Oneida, Kentucky—his uncle had mistaken what was actually a religious reform academy for a prestigious boarding school. [5] Several years later, their parents also moved to the United States and settled in Oregon, [5] where Huang graduated from Aloha High School just outside Portland. [6] He skipped two years and graduated at sixteen. [5]
Jensen received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, and his master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1992. [7] [8]
After college, Huang was a director at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). [3] In 1993, at 30 years old, he co-founded Nvidia with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem and became its CEO and president. [5] [9]
Huang has currently been the company's chief executive for over three decades, "a tenure almost unheard of in fast-moving Silicon Valley". [10] He owns 3.6% of Nvidia's stock, which went public in 1999. [11] He earned US$24.6 million as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by Forbes. [11] As of March 8, 2024, Huang's net worth is US$81.7 billion according to Forbes, making him the 17th richest person on Earth. [12]
In 2022 Huang donated US$50 million to his alma mater, Oregon State University, as a portion of a US$200 million donation towards the creation of a supercomputing institute on campus. [13]
Huang gave his other alma mater, Stanford University, US$30 million to build the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center. [14] The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad. [15] Huang gave his alma mater Oneida Baptist Institute US$2 million to build Huang Hall, a new girls' dormitory and classroom building. [16]
While at Oregon State University, Huang met his future wife, Lori Mills, his engineering lab partner at the time. [5] They have two children. [32] His son, Spencer Huang ( Chinese: 黃勝斌; pinyin: Huáng Shèngbīn), launched a bar in Taipei in 2015, and it was considered one of the top 50 bars in Asia by Forbes. The bar closed in May 2021, and he is now a product manager at Nvidia. [1]
The Huang family lived in ordinary middle-class starter homes in San Jose before Nvidia went public in 1999. [33] In 2003, they moved to a larger house in Los Altos Hills, California and in 2004 they acquired a second home in Wailea, Hawaii. [33] In 2017, a limited liability company reportedly linked to the Huangs acquired a mansion in San Francisco for $38 million. [33]
Huang and AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su are relatives. [34] Huang's mother is the youngest sister of Su's maternal grandfather, making them first cousins, once removed. [35] [36]
Jensen Huang | |
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黃仁勳 | |
Born |
Tainan, Taiwan | February 17, 1963
Education |
Oregon State University (
BS) Stanford University ( MS) |
Occupations |
|
Title | Co-founder, president and CEO, Nvidia Corporation |
Spouse | Lori Huang |
Children | 2 [1] |
Relatives | Lisa Su (cousin) |
Jensen Huang | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 黃仁勳 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄仁勋 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang ( Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963 [2]) is an American businessman, electrical engineer, and the co-founder, president and CEO of Nvidia. [3] In March 2024, Forbes estimated Huang's net worth at $81.7 billion, making him the 17th richest person in the world. [4]
Jen-Hsun Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, on 17 February 1963. His family moved to Thailand when he was five; when he was nine, he and his brother were sent to the United States to live with an uncle in Tacoma, Washington. When he was ten, he lived in the boys' dormitory with his brother at Oneida Baptist Institute while attending Oneida Elementary school in Oneida, Kentucky—his uncle had mistaken what was actually a religious reform academy for a prestigious boarding school. [5] Several years later, their parents also moved to the United States and settled in Oregon, [5] where Huang graduated from Aloha High School just outside Portland. [6] He skipped two years and graduated at sixteen. [5]
Jensen received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, and his master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1992. [7] [8]
After college, Huang was a director at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). [3] In 1993, at 30 years old, he co-founded Nvidia with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem and became its CEO and president. [5] [9]
Huang has currently been the company's chief executive for over three decades, "a tenure almost unheard of in fast-moving Silicon Valley". [10] He owns 3.6% of Nvidia's stock, which went public in 1999. [11] He earned US$24.6 million as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by Forbes. [11] As of March 8, 2024, Huang's net worth is US$81.7 billion according to Forbes, making him the 17th richest person on Earth. [12]
In 2022 Huang donated US$50 million to his alma mater, Oregon State University, as a portion of a US$200 million donation towards the creation of a supercomputing institute on campus. [13]
Huang gave his other alma mater, Stanford University, US$30 million to build the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center. [14] The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad. [15] Huang gave his alma mater Oneida Baptist Institute US$2 million to build Huang Hall, a new girls' dormitory and classroom building. [16]
While at Oregon State University, Huang met his future wife, Lori Mills, his engineering lab partner at the time. [5] They have two children. [32] His son, Spencer Huang ( Chinese: 黃勝斌; pinyin: Huáng Shèngbīn), launched a bar in Taipei in 2015, and it was considered one of the top 50 bars in Asia by Forbes. The bar closed in May 2021, and he is now a product manager at Nvidia. [1]
The Huang family lived in ordinary middle-class starter homes in San Jose before Nvidia went public in 1999. [33] In 2003, they moved to a larger house in Los Altos Hills, California and in 2004 they acquired a second home in Wailea, Hawaii. [33] In 2017, a limited liability company reportedly linked to the Huangs acquired a mansion in San Francisco for $38 million. [33]
Huang and AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su are relatives. [34] Huang's mother is the youngest sister of Su's maternal grandfather, making them first cousins, once removed. [35] [36]